MUSIC

I love music!  It frees me in every way and makes me happy to be alive!

Sometimes music is so joyful, it makes me dance.  Sometimes music is so beautiful, it makes me cry.  Always, the music, in tinkling bells and tambourines, violins and guitars, horns and drums and keys, awakens something in me.  I sense something magical in the music – something that unites me to realms both primal and universal – something that connects me to others and our shared dreams – something that moves me deeply, makes me feel an inner peace.

Music lives within every human being.  It moves us in synchronicity, to the rhythms of Nature, the heartbeat of humanity, the call of our collective soul.

Songs, in their flowing melodies or eloquent lyrics, may soothe or inspire, delight or enchant us.  Some songs allow for personal reflection; some for political bonding.  Certain songs proclaim a societal shift like Bob Dylan’s Blowin’ in the Wind; others unite us as anthems for peace, like Imagine by John and Yoko Ono Lennon.

Science shows us that there is a physical basis for our feelings, as music is processed by both emotion and memory centers in the brain.  Further, through anchoring we may hold special musical moments in our memory.  Sparked by hearing a riff or a chorus, pleasant recollections and dopamine levels rise.

Throughout our evolution, humans have embraced music.  We readily connect to familiar patterns of rhythm we know, for example, in the breath.  Indigenous peoples believe that drumbeat connects us to the heartbeat of Mother Earth.  Joseph Campbell, the renowned world mythologist, found that music actually predates language.

Socially, in music, human beings come together, creating a space for open communication, shared experience and vital solidarity!  Music is present in times of celebration and in times of sorrow.  In times of challenge, music moves us forward.  In times of resistance, music helps to clarify who and where we are, what we must do to resolve injustice.

Spiritually, from antiquity, people have believed in the music of the spheres, a cosmic melody arising from the movement of celestial bodies.  The idea being that in creating music, we align with this ethereal energy, bridging Earth and Heaven.  Perhaps our human expressions, join with the choir of angels, in giving glory and gratitude to God!

Vocal coaches and energy healers agree that the voice serves to open the heart.

It may be why people of the Civil Rights movement chose to sing, keeping them firmly embedded in Love, the essence of nonviolent resistance.

I trust that you will be moved by these powerful performances:

The Roots - Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around

The Staples Singers – I’ll Take You There

To heal your heart, choose to participate in the many music festivals and concerts, being offered in the spring and summer of 2026, that lift the human spirit!

Jesse Welles, who is speaking truth to power.

Kaslo Jazz Festival, where Nature, humans and music thrive in beautiful B.C.

Santana, who has always walked with the angels.

Old Settler’s Music Festival, featuring roots, folk and bluegrass with Texas charm.

And if you like to dance, Bruno Mars!